{"id":228,"date":"2004-11-24T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-24T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2004\/11\/24\/ukraine-crisis-continued-any-solution\/"},"modified":"2009-01-05T09:37:33","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T09:37:33","slug":"ukraine-crisis-continued-any-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2004\/11\/ukraine-crisis-continued-any-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine crisis continued – any solution?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This follows on from this<\/a>, this<\/a>, this<\/a> and this<\/a>, which between them provide a chronology of events and coverage from 7pm on Monday 22nd November until 11pm on Wednesday 24th (London time). I’ll continue to keep a close eye on the situation, but for tonight, it seems calm. For now.<\/p>\n

Nick at Fistful<\/a> has a final update, and a few thoughts which pretty much tally with mine:<\/p>\n

“there were points this afternoon where I thought we could be just a short while away from a dramatic descent into violence on the streets of Kiev and elsewhere. As rumours flew around Kiev and echoed onto the internet (and as I mentioned in an email earlier tonight, we probably heard only 10% of the stories that were chinese whispered around the streets) it seemed as though the CEC meeting and declaration was going to be a flashpoint after which it would all go up. It would have been easy for Yanukovich to take power and move against the opposition then – as the reports suggested he would – and it\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds to his credit that he has opened up a bit of space for air with his comments that no political position is worth anyone\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds life.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Lets hope the calm and rationality of these two deeply opposed sides can prevail, and that no matter how the presidency is settled, bloodshed can be avoided.<\/p>\n

Victor<\/a> sums up the mood in Kiev: “There are a lot of rumours, people are uninformed. But overall people are happy… Sorry if I am confusing you with contraversial information, but at least you can get the atmosphere…”<\/i><\/p>\n

Oh yes<\/b>: If you’ve liked my coverage, please consider bunking a vote my way in The Deutche-Welle International Weblog Awards<\/a>, where this blog has been nominated in the category Best Journalistic Blog (English)<\/a> – it’d be much appreciated.<\/p>\n

Europhobia’s Ukraine coverage continues here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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